6
7
•
DO NOT
allow the vehicle seat belt release button
to touch the child restraint. Accidental contact may
cause the seat belt to release. If necessary, turn the
seat belt release button away from the child restraint
or move the child restraint to a different location.
• Failure to adjust the harness snugly around your child
may result in your child striking the vehicle’s interior
during a sudden stop or crash. Serious injury or death
may occur.
• Remove locking clip from vehicle seat belt when not
used with a child restraint, or the vehicle seat belt will
not properly restrain an adult or child. Serious injury
or death may occur.
LATCH Warnings
• This LATCH system is intended to be used
ONLY
as
described in these instructions. Serious injury or death
may result from misuse.
LATCH
L
ower
A
nchors and
T
ethers for
CH
ildren) is a system for attaching the
child restraint to your vehicle seat. It can be used in
place of the seat belts in vehicles with vehicle lower
anchor bars. Refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for
the locations of the vehicle lower anchor bars.
Note:
Your vehicle owner’s manual may refer to this system
as “Universal Anchorage System,” “Lower Universal
Anchorage System,” or “ISOFIX.”
• In addition to these instructions, read and follow your
vehicle owner’s manual regarding installation of the
child restraint and LATCH. If there is a discrepancy,
follow your vehicle owner’s manual.
•
ONLY
use for securing convenience base to lower
vehicle anchor bars.
•
NEVER
attach two lower anchor assembly connectors
to one vehicle lower anchor bar.
•
NEVER
use the vehicle seat belts when using the
lower anchor assembly. Using both together can
cause slack in a sudden stop or crash.
• When not in use, the lower anchor assembly
connector should be securely stored in the storage
area located in the convenience base. Keep out of
reach of children.
•
ALWAYS
be sure that the lower anchor assembly
connectors are fully engaged onto the vehicle lower
WARNING
Usage Warnings
• Children have
STRANGLED
in loose or partially
buckled harness straps. Fully restrain the child even
when carrier is used outside the vehicle.
•
ALWAYS
check the restraint and buckle for hot
surfaces before putting a child into the restraint.
Your child could be burned.
• In cold weather,
DO NOT
dress the child in bulky
clothing, like snowsuits, if the child is riding in a child
restraint. This clothing makes it difficult to properly
tighten the harness to the child, which may allow the
child to be ejected from the restraint during a crash.
•
ALWAYS
place the handle in either
Position 1
(Canadian
or
U.S. models) or
Position 4
(U.S. models
ONLY
) when using this child restraint in a vehicle (p. 16).
• When using this restraint in
Position 5
(Stand)
(p. 16),
ONLY
use on level ground and
NEVER
prop the
restraint up with any object.
•
NEVER
place this child restraint on beds, sofas, or
other soft surfaces. The child restraint can roll over
on soft surfaces and suffocate the child.
•
NEVER
place this child restraint near the edges of
counter tops, tables, shopping carts, or other high
WARNING
anchor bars by pulling hard on the lower anchor
assembly harness. If the connectors are not totally
engaged, the lower anchor assembly system will not
secure your child restraint. Serious injury or death
may result.
•
DO NOT
use this child restraint if it moves more than
25 mm (1 inch) side-to-side or front to back at the
vehicle belt path. Serious injury or death may result
from poor installation. If you cannot tightly secure the
child restraint, try again or move it to another
location.
WARNING
Children have
STRANGLED
in loose or partially buckled
harness straps. Fully restrain
the child even when carrier is
used outside the vehicle.
